Stenographic type-writing machine.



o. B. KELL. srmouamemo TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 221904v 3 SHBBTS-- SHEET 1.

'mm A PATENTETJ JANCJG, 190s.

.No 810,209. PATENTED JAN. l6,' 1906. C. E. KBEL.

STENOGRAPHIG TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION IIILED JULY 22. 1904.

PATENTEE) JAN. 16, 1906.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22,1904- 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 .IIIIII II 35 Wm M 3' tion, Fig. 3 a front elevation, Fig. i an end l To all whom it may concern;

UN TE sra'pes PATENT O FICE;

CHARLES E. KEEL, OF'INDIANAPOLIS; INDIANA.

STENOGRAPHIQ TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

its. 310,209

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed In; 22, 1904.. Serial in. 217,655.

Patented Jam. 16, 1906.

. Bait known-that L'Cnaarns E. KEEL, a

I citizen of the United States, residing at Ina part oi this specification.

number of words or sentences.

' proved rotative cylindrical platen, in imand in improved operating apparatus for the platen; and the invention consists, further,

' centrally and longitudinally of the platen of verse sectional view, as at the line 1 1 in F igfif inuse and whereby the shorthand characters chines in order that they may be readily cararrangements of parts, as hereinafter plane near the front of the platen; Fig. 10, a

dianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,'have invented new and useful Improvements in Stenographic Type riting Machines; and I do declare the following to bee. full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form may be printed in comparatively small areas or spaces, so that conveniently small sheets orstrips of paper may accommodate a great A further object is to providecomparatively small and light-wcight shorthandana- Tied. about by stenographers from place to place as circumstances may require.

, Vith the above-mentioned and other objects in view the invention consists in an improved typebars and arrangement thereof,

in the novel parts and the combinations and particularly described and claimed.

Referring Ollie drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view 'of the complete machine as preferably constructed; Fig. '2 an end elevaelevation, and Fig. 5 is a rear elevation, of the machine. Fig. 6 1s a vertical sectional view the machine; Fig. 7, a fragmentary trans-"1 6; Fig. 8,21 fragmentary horizontal SQCtiOHfili view at a plane below the platen; Fig. 9, a fragmentarv vertical sectional view at a ongitudinal sectional viewof the platen at the line 2 2 in Fig. 7 Fig. 11, a fragmentary detail view showing parts of the spacing devices; Fig. '12, a top lan View of the typebars; Fig. 13, a side e type-bar and key-lever, and Fig. 14 illustrates a fragment of paper having a sample of the shorthand-writing thereon. I

Similar reference characters designate corresponding parts or elements in the several figures of the drawings. r I

In construction a suitable base a is provided, which serves to support the operative mechanism of the machine and maintain some of the parts in proper relative arran e- 7o inent. Near one corner of the base a suitable pillar A is erected on the base and secured thereto, and anaxle B is suitably secured to the pillar, so as to extend therefrom horizontally across a portion of the base. Preferably an end of the axle is screwed into a suit able hole in the pillar A, so as to' be'adjustw able endwise, the axle extending through the pillar and having a lock-nut b thereon engage ing the farther side of the pillar. The opposite free end of the axle has a screw 4:, bindinga collar (1 against the end of the axle. A friction-collar e extends about the axle B against the pillar A, and a. sleeve C is rotatively mounted on-the axle, extending from them lar cm the collar (Z. A ratchet-wheel f is secured to the end of the sleeve adjacent to the collar 6, and a toothed gear-wheel g is also secured to the-sleeve adjacent to the ratchetwheel, the latter providing a-fric-tion-s'urface 9o againstwhich the collar e, of. suitablematerial, may act as a brake. The sleeve C is provided with a projecting feather ii at the outer side thereof.

The plat-en D is cyl heads 7) and j an'da hub k, and is otherwise open or hollow, the hub being mounted movably on the sleeve 0 and having a longitudinal slot Zreceiving the feather 72, so thatthe platen may move endwise on the sleeve,

but cannot rotate thereon. .A collar m, composed of suitable material to act as acushion,' f

sleeve C against the wheel beengaged by the hub kof the platen when returning on the sleeve to 16 its normal position. I A rock-bar E has jolur nals n and n mounted in the heads i andj and is providid with arms 22 and p, extend is placed on the 9, so that it may ing through suitable openings in theshe'ljl of the platen, there being integral clips-candy iio at the ends of the arms adapted to bear against the outer surface of the platen and evation of acomhined 60 l w ndrical, having end 5 ing to raise the clips to insert or remove the space for other parts, and obviously other r and 5, that maybe engaged by the ends'ol' the moving w havin notches a: in the face thereof that is other stand to hold sheet paper on the platen, a spring 1' strained between the hub is, and the bar E normally holding the clips against the platen. A lever F has an arm s, that is pivoted to a stud t of the bar E, and a link a? ivotally eonnects the lever to the hub L, t e lever servpaper. The platen is rovided at its end that is nearest to the pi lar A with an external screw-thread or worm G, extending s irally about the platen 'to serve as a means or 'the latter endwise on the sleeve C.

At t e front of the platen D a suitable arm H is supported on the base a, so as to move radially, preferably by means of springhingesv and v, the arm supporting a rack-bar dispose toward the platen to receive the worm G, whereby to cause the platen to move endwise while rotating, the springhinges normally maintainin the connection between the rack-bar and he worm. A lever I is attached to the arm H and 006 crates with a spring-arm J, secured to die base a, the arm havin a stop-shoulder y to prevent the rack-bar Trom pressing against the worm and causing friction. The springarm also has a latch-shoulder 2, that may be engaged by the lever I to hold the rack-bar w oil and out of engagement with the worm. The arm H is shown as being nearly solid or webbed, with an opening 3 therein to afford openings may be provided.

At the rear of the platen D is a curved springarm K, and in the same plane beyond the end of the platen is another spring-arm K, adapted to press against the platen for holding paper thereto, the arms being secured to the base a, each arm having outwardly-turned lips 4 platen when moving endwise past the arms, so that the latter may be prevented from ob structing the movements of the, platen.

In a plane somewhat forwardly of the platen D a pair of ears 6 and 7 are secured to the base a, and a stiff rocking bar L has arms 8 and 9, that are ivoted" to the ears. The bar L is also rovi ed with an arm 10 to serve in rotating t e platen. A spring 11, mounted on the base, presses the bar L upwardly and the arm 10 in direction from the platen. A lever M is mounted on the base a, preferably by means of a spring-hinge 12, and ex tends across the top of the bar L to serve as a spacing-lever. A stand 0 is secured to the base a and is provided with a guide-bearing 13, in which is slidingly supported a rod X. that is pivoted at one end to the arm 10, the opposite end of the rod being provided with a ring-catch P in engagement. with the rate et-wheel f for rotating the platen. An-

O' is also secured to the base a, and a rotative shaft Q is journaled in the i hon, the shaft having a worm 14 secured thereto. Ribbon-spools R and R are suitably mounted on the base a below the plane of the under side of the platen, the spool ll being provided with a gear-wheel 15 in en In a plane at the front of the platen between it and the bar L a stand for support in: the t pe-bars is mounted on the base (1, the stand preferably comprising a base which are adjustably secured a pair of (H'll's' h and S, supporting a pivot-rod 23, that c.\

tends between the two ears. Twelve type bars, arranged as two sets of six bars each, as T T T T T T and U U U U U U". each have a bearing 24, whereby they are 1nounled pivotally on the pivot-rod 23. T he typebars extend throng 1 the guide 17, in 'lllt'll the bars may rest, or may also move up wardly toward theplaten, and on the top of each bar is a raised type V of suitable design.

9 the left hand of the operator, so that both complete sets may be operated sunultane ously, if necessary, thumbs each operating two bars. It is designed that the characters on the right-hand set shall be used to form or indicate the initial sounds of words. syllables. or phrases and the other set the termiind sounds thereof. Various forms otchura ters of course ma b0 employedconsi tent with shorthand systems, dots and dashes being used in the present invcnti: m. The typebars extend for ardly beyond the bur l. and have contact on the top thereof. bclluf spread apart at their forward ends. ftHl llll-l!" llli(;1'lzll keydevers, on each of which is 11 key l or me ger-piece, having a rharar-n-r then-on ("H rcsponding to the printing cluu'ncri-r on th type-bar. The ke -lev l s are mush ;|Il";1il; "wl between two posts 25 and so. l'ornnng "lll|l1'-. and rests on a spring 1.

The machine is prm idcd with a Spun] the rear of the plan 1 sun ibly supported on the base (1, and u llbboD of pupi'i' mu) lw drawn from the spool onto illv platen in lieu of a sheet of paper to print upon. I prrsserroll Y is suitably mounted ;\I the l'ront ol' the platen to hold the paper thereto. and a suit able sto 7 28 is )rovided 'o prevent end mm clnent o the platen when pr:. ting on :1 L'ulltinuous strip or ribbon ol-pape". llu stop be,- ing suitably mounted irovalily on u pillar '29. whereby also the roll Y is s pp m-d.il1e pillar also supporting a knife Z l' 11' sw wring pieces of the paper ribbon alter liu ring been printed stands 0 and O'- for operating an inkjng-ribl upon.

withdrawn from the end of the platen, and

the wormG being in engagement with the rack-bar w the writing or printing maybe ac complished by operating the keys so as to press them down and also force the type characters upwardly against the ink-ribbon, the latter against the paper. When one or more of the key-levers descends, the movement will depress the bar L and cause the catch P to advance idly and dro into a notch in the ratchet-wheel Wit the return upward movement ,of the key or keys,

' caused by the springs 11 and 27, the catch P will rotate the wheel f, and consequently the left-hand .side of the shet'of paper, and'then until the sheet isfull, lin

sleeve 0 and" also the platen,a distance sufficient for a space between two WOIdS, andatthe same time the worm G and rack-bar w will cause the )laten'to advance slightly endwise on the sleeve 0' toward its outer end. The position of the right-hand side of the paper with respect to the typesmay be indicated by observingthe lever F or by other suitable indicator, and when a line has been written or printed the spacing-lever M may be used to-rotate the platen a short distance, so that another line'may be begun on the the operation of the keys may be continued xx-after line, when the platen will have movetl endwise on the sleeve C partly beyond the endthereof Then the rack-bar w is to be withdrawn by means of the lever I, so that the platen may be returned endwise to its former position to receive a new sheet of paper for furtheruse.

In this arrangement the lines will be slightly inclined to the horizontal on I the paper. When it is desired to print a single line on a continuous ribbon of paper, the lever Iwill be held by the shoulder z of the arm J.so that the worm G cannot cooperate with the rackbar w and the stop 28 will be placed against the end of theplaten, the latter thus being prevented from moving endwise, while it may be rotated by the usual operation of the keys and also by means'of the spacing-lever 'M. The results of the operations'of other parts will be understood from the description of their construction.- a

The various elements comprised in the machine may be somewhat modified when manufacturing in large uantities, and in extra large machines with long platens the axle B obviously may be provided with a support at its free end. Additional type-bars may ported by added, if desired.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1 A. stenographic type-writing machine ineluding a base, "a pillar sillipported on the base,

an axle secured to the p ar, aplaten supported by'means of the axle so as'to move rotatively and also longitudinally, a plurality of t e-bars cooperatin with the platen, paperho ding clips carrie by the platen, a rackbar mounted on the base and spring-pressed toward the platen, a device attached to the laten for cooperation with the rack-bar, a

, atch mounted on the base, a lever connected with the rack-bar for the control thereof and in cooperation with the latch, and mechanism cooperating with the platen for the rotation thereof and "adapted to be operated by the simultaneous operations of all of the plurality of type-bars.

2. A stenographic type-writin machine including a base, a pillar supported on the base, an axle secured to the pillar, a platen mounted on the axle so as to rotate and also move longitudinall means for rotating the platen, a plurality o type-bars coo crating with the platen, a rack-bar-mounte on the base, an

- actuating device carried by the platen for cooperation with the rack-bar, -a spool mounted on 'thebase to hold a paper ribbon, a presserroll supported by the base and cooperating with the platen to hold the ribbon thereto, means for holding the rack-bar out of contact with the actuating device, and a stop mounted on the base adapted to revent the longitudinal movement of the p aten.

3. Astenographic type-writin machine including a base, a pillar su porte on the base, an axle secured to the pillar, a platcnmounted on the axle so as to rotate and also move longitudinally, means for rotating the platen, a plurality of type-bars cooperatingayi th the platen, a rack-bar. mounted onthe' base, an.-

'of'contact with the actuating device, a stop mounted on the base adapted to prevent the longitudinal movement of the platen, and a knlifesupported in proximity to the presserr0 1.

4. A stenographic type-writing machine including a base, a pillar su portedon the base an axle secured tothe i lar, a sleeve mounted rotatively on the ax e and provided-with a ratchet-wheel, aplaten mounted on the sleeve so as to'mo e longitudinally thereon and also to rotate therewith, :a' lurality of type-bars cooperatinglwith the aten, a rack-bar supe base an spring-pressed toward p the platen, an actuating device carried by the laten for cooperation with the rack-bar, a Patch supported by the base, a lever connected with the rack-bar and cooperating with the latch, and means cooperating with'the 'ratchetwheel and the type-bars adapted to rotate the sleeve and the platen.

'. A stenographic type-writin g machine in eluding a base, a pillar su ported on the base,

an axle secured to the pi lar, a sleeve mount: ed rotatively on the axle and provided with a ratchet-wheel and also a gear-wheel, a platen mounted on the sleeve so as to move longitudinally thereon and also to rotate therewith, a plurality of type-bars coop'efating with the platen, means cooperating with the ratchetwheeland' the type-bars'adapted to rotate the platen. and the sleeve, a pair of spools mounted on the base, an ink-ribbon Wound on the spools, a rotative shaft mounted on the base and having a pinion'engaging the gear-wheel, operating means connecting the shaft'with one of the spools, a rack-bar sup-- ported by the base, and a device attached to the platen for cooperation with the rack-bar serving to move the platen longitudinally on the sleeve. Y

6. A stenographic type-writing machine ineluding a base, a pillar supported on the base,

an axle secured to the pillar, a sleeve mounted rotatively on the axle and rovided with .trollinglever, an actuating device carried by the platen and cooperating with'the rackbar, a pair. of spools mounted on the base, an ink-ribbon wound on the spools, and means cooperating with the gear-Wheel and the spools to'operate the ribbon.

7. Astenographic type-Writin machineincludingfja base, a pillar supporte on the base,

an-axle 'secured to the pillar,a sleeve mounted. rotatively on the axle and provided with a ratchet-wheel, a platen mounted on the sleeve so as to move longitudinally thereon and also to rotate therewith, a plurality of type-bars cooperating with the platen, a rack-bar mounted movably on the base, a latch mounted on the base, a controlling-lever connected with the rack-bar and cooperating with the latch, an actuating device carried by. the

platen adapted to cooperate with the rackbar, a rocking bar extending in poximity to parts of the type-bars so as to be operated thereby and provided with a movable arm, a rod connected to the movable arm of the rocking bar and provided with a catch cooperating with the ratchetwheel, and a spacing-lever cooperating with the rocking bar.

8. Y A stenographic type-writin machine including a base, apillar supporte on the base,

an axle secured to the pillar, a sleeve mounted rotatively on theaxle, a platen mounted on the sleeve, a stand mounted onthe base, a'pivot supported by the stand, a plurality of type-bars mounted on the pivot and provided collectively with two identical sets of the combination with a edgy-supported pillar, of an axle having'one en thereof adjustably attached to the pillar and provided with a collar at the op osite' end thereof, a sleeve mounted rotative on the axle between the pillar and the .00 Ian and provided with a feather at the outer side thereof, a platen having a hub provided with a slot receiving the featherot the sleeve, a cushion-collar on the sleeve with which the inner end of the platenhub may have contact, a plurality of typebars cooperating with-the platen, a ratchetwheel secured to the sleeve, mechanism cooperating with the ratchet-wheel for rotat- 'ing the sleeve and the platen, a movable rackbar, an actuating device carried by the platen cooperating with the rack-bar for moving the platen longitudinally on the sleeve, and a controllinglever for the rack-bar connected therewith.

10. In a s'tenographic type-writing machine, the combination with a plurality of movable ty 'e-bars: having operating-levers, of a fixed y-supported axle, a sleeve mounted rotativelyon the axle and provided with a ratchetwheel, a platen mounted on the sleeve so as to move longitudinally thereon and also to rotate therewith in proximity to the typebars, a rocking bar extending 1n proximity to the operating levers .of'the type-bars so as to be operated thereby and provided with an arm, a rod pivoted to the arm of the rocking bar and having a catch. coo erating with the.

ratchet-wheel, and means or operating the rocking bar independently of the operatinglevers of the type-bars.

, 1 1. In a stenographic type-writingmachine,

log

the combination of a base, a pillar mounted on the base, an axle secured to the pillar, a platen supported by means of the axle so as to move rotativelyand also longitudinally, a

plurality of type-bars cooperating with the platen, means for moving the platen rotatively and also longitudinally, a rocking bar journaled in the platen and having arms provided with clips cooperating with the platen, a spring operation of the cooperati platen, an a lever mounted on the platen and connected with the rocking bar for the clips.

to draw the clips against the tively andalso 12. In a stenographic type-writing machine,

the combination of a base, a pillar mounted on the base, an axle secured to the pillar, a platen supported by means of the axle so as to move rotativelyand also longitudinally,

a plurality of ty e-bars cooperating with the platen, means or moving the platen rot-ai longitudinally, aper-holding clips carried by the platen, an a spring-arm mounted on the base cooperating with the platen and provided with out\\'ardlyexwiding lips for guidim the arm.

In testimony whereof I afl'b: my signature in presence of two witnesses.

7 'CHARLES E. KEEls.

\Vitnesses:

WM. H. PAYNE, E. T. SILvIUs. 

